Hietzing

Hietzing is the 13th municipal District of Vienna.

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The thirteenth district is located at the western end of the city where it borders the Wienerwald. Liesing is to the south, Meidling to the east and Penzing, which was part of Hietzing until 1954, and Rudolfsheim-F?nfhaus, to the north. Most of the northern border is formed by the River Wien.

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Traditionally, it is subdivided into six parts: Hietzing (northeast), Unter Sankt Veit (northwest), Ober Sankt Veit (west of Unter Sankt Veit), Hacking (northwest of Ober Sankt Veit), Lainz (geographic centre) and Speising (south).

Wienerwald: The Wienerwald (English: "Vienna Woods") is a wooded promontory of the Alps in eastern Lower Austria, located at the border between the Mostviertel and the Industrieviertel, two of the four quarters of Lower Austria. Its foothills reach far into the city limits of Vienna. Its north is part of the A...

Liesing: Liesing is the 23rd district of Vienna. It was formed after Austria's Anschluss with Germany when Vienna expanded from 21 districts to 26. Fifteen Lower Austrian districts, especially the old legal jurisdiction of Liesing, were incorporated into the 25th district. After the allied occupation of Vien...

Meidling: Meidling is the 12th district of Vienna. It is located in the southwestern part of the city, south of the Wienfluss, west of the G?rtel and east and southeast of Sch?nbrunn palace. Traditionally, Meidling has been a working-class neighborhood....